Notes On The Garden Pavilions Of 19th Century İstanbul İdil Sürer Ottoman architecture began to evolve in a different direction, particularly during the Tulip…

Nazimî Yaver Yenal’s designs from his years as a student at the Sanayi-i Nefise in the 1920s shed light as much upon his search…

*This post is compiled from Prof. Dr. Cânâ Bilsel’s articles in the From the Capital of the Empire to the Modern City of the Republic:…

On Thursday 24 May Chamber Talks moderator Haydar Ergülen discussed the poetry of  İstanbul The program included examples of outstanding poems written on İstanbul and its…

The initial date of construction of the Tower of Justice dates as far back as the reign of  Mehmed II (the Conqueror) (1453-1481). Also…

Excavating a World, Unearthing a World Halet Çambel (1916 – 2014) Plowing the land to sustain humankind; digging through fossilized strata to discover civilization.…

The Istanbul Research Institute Poster Collection is made up of a total of 408 vintage posters, 276 of them from the Republican Era and…

A Garip (Peculiar) Man that Aired Out Our Lives Oktay Rifat (1914 – 1988) “On a hot summer’s day, a middle-aged villager approached me to ask for…

kabikaj: A talisman added to the frontispiece of an Ottoman text that is believed to protect the manuscript; a book spell. Najib brought his…

The Japanese tourist visiting the Topkapı Palace may be struck by the presence of sixteenth century samurai armor and helmet, normally displayed there permanently. It was…